Harvard Business School Summer Reader List Highlights Social Justice

Harvard Business School has released its “Summer Reader 2021,” a faculty-curated reading list of top picks ranging from biographies to memoirs.

With an increased focus on social justice in recent years, HBS faculty picks included a number of readings on civil rights and social impact.

WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST

Julia Austin, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, recommended When They Call You a Terrorist, a memoir by Patrisse Cullors, the founder of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Cullors shares her incredible journey from childhood to adulthood as a Black queer woman in LA,” Austin says. “It is an emotional, yet insightful book worth reading. My college freshman shared her copy of the book with me after she raved about it and we both continue to reflect on key learnings.”

ALI: A LIFE

Jeffrey Bussgang, Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard…

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